EP0448418A3 - Improvements to implantable vascular access devices - Google Patents

Improvements to implantable vascular access devices Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0448418A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: access devices; vascular access; implantable vascular; implantable; devices
Prior art date: 1990-02-15
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19910400326

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English (en)

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EP0448418A2 (fr

EP0448418B1 (fr

Inventor

Joel Metais

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Joel Metais

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1990-02-15

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1991-02-11

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1991-12-11

1991-02-11 Application filed by Joel Metais filed Critical Joel Metais

1991-09-25 Publication of EP0448418A2 publication Critical patent/EP0448418A2/fr

1991-12-11 Publication of EP0448418A3 publication Critical patent/EP0448418A3/fr

1995-10-11 Application granted granted Critical

1995-10-11 Publication of EP0448418B1 publication Critical patent/EP0448418B1/fr

2011-02-11 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
- A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
- A61M39/02—Access sites
- A61M39/0208—Subcutaneous access sites for injecting or removing fluids
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
- A61M5/14—Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
- A61M5/158—Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body
- A61M2005/1581—Right-angle needle-type devices
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
- A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
- A61M2025/0175—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters having telescopic features, interengaging nestable members movable in relations to one another
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
- A61M2039/0036—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use characterised by a septum having particular features, e.g. having venting channels or being made from antimicrobial or self-lubricating elastomer
- A61M2039/0054—Multiple layers
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
- A61M2039/0036—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use characterised by a septum having particular features, e.g. having venting channels or being made from antimicrobial or self-lubricating elastomer
- A61M2039/0072—Means for increasing tightness of the septum, e.g. compression rings, special materials, special constructions
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
- A61M39/02—Access sites
- A61M39/0208—Subcutaneous access sites for injecting or removing fluids
- A61M2039/0211—Subcutaneous access sites for injecting or removing fluids with multiple chambers in a single site

EP91400326A 1990-02-15 1991-02-11 Perfectionnements aux dispositifs d'accès vasculaires implantables Expired - Lifetime EP0448418B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
FR9001832A FR2658082B1 (fr)	1990-02-15	1990-02-15	Perfectionnements aux dispositifs d'acces vasculaires implantables.
FR9001832		1990-02-15

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0448418A2 EP0448418A2 (fr)	1991-09-25
EP0448418A3 true EP0448418A3 (en)	1991-12-11
EP0448418B1 EP0448418B1 (fr)	1995-10-11

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91400326A Expired - Lifetime EP0448418B1 (fr)	1990-02-15	1991-02-11	Perfectionnements aux dispositifs d'accès vasculaires implantables

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US5176653A (fr)
EP (1)	EP0448418B1 (fr)
DE (1)	DE69113663T2 (fr)
FR (1)	FR2658082B1 (fr)

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0448418A2 (fr)	1991-09-25
FR2658082B1 (fr)	1995-06-09
DE69113663T2 (de)	1996-05-02
DE69113663D1 (de)	1995-11-16
FR2658082A1 (fr)	1991-08-16
US5176653A (en)	1993-01-05
EP0448418B1 (fr)	1995-10-11

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